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Tigers' finals already in the balance, says Matthew Richardson
Jason Phelan
The Age
April 7, 2014
Richmond's finals hopes are already hanging in the balance, according to club legend Matthew Richardson.
''Richo'' turned up the heat on the Tigers after only three games - an unconvincing win over Carlton and disappointing losses to Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs - and facing a Friday night clash with Collingwood at the MCG.
"I make no excuses for Richmond - they should be 3-0," Richardson said on 3AW on Sunday.
"There's been no improvement. In fact, there's inconsistency in their game in the first three rounds and there's no improvement.
"If they don't win on Friday against Collingwood it's going to be a very, very tough job to get back from there and play in September."
His comments came the day after Richmond, touted as a potential top-four team, trailed a youthful Bulldogs side by 37 points at half-time before going down by two points.
But while Richardson was scathing about the team's progress this season, he pinpointed Jack Riewoldt as a potential match winner against the Pies after the mercurial spearhead returned to form with four second-half goals against the Dogs.
"It may have been a turning point for Jack," he said. "The first two weeks for Jack were a little bit up and down, but the second half was a positive for him and maybe that's a sign of things to come over the next few weeks. They're certainly going to need him against Collingwood."
Richmond sorely missed the influence of Brett Deledio (ankle) against the Dogs, with ruckman Shaun Hampson (knee) also unable to take his place. Football manager Dan Richardson said it was too early to tell whether either player would be fit to take on the Pies.
"It's a bit early to know, but we were always hopeful that they'd only miss a week. Hopefully that's still the case, but we'll obviously make sure they're both absolutely right to come back."
Emerging star Nick Vlastuin is also under a cloud after being concussedon Saturday.
"It sounds like it's a mild concussion, but we'll just have to assess him during the week," Richardson said.
"That will be the doc's call, but from all accounts he's pulled up OK."
Richmond's indifferent start to the season may have put the club under the spotlight, but Richardson said the mood remained upbeat at Punt Road.
"We're confident that our best footy is competitive against anyone," he said.
"We've just got to make sure that we're able to do that for longer and more consistently. We're still confident that our best footy is up to the standard of most teams.
"We're looking forward to a big clash. It will be a good test for both clubs, both of which probably haven't got their seasons off to ideal starts, but there's a long way to go."
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-finals-already-in-the-balance-says-matthew-richardson-20140406-zqrix.html#ixzz2y7lSPtNY
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Tigers' finals already in the balance, says Matthew Richardson
Jason Phelan
The Age
April 7, 2014
Richmond's finals hopes are already hanging in the balance, according to club legend Matthew Richardson.
''Richo'' turned up the heat on the Tigers after only three games - an unconvincing win over Carlton and disappointing losses to Gold Coast and the Western Bulldogs - and facing a Friday night clash with Collingwood at the MCG.
"I make no excuses for Richmond - they should be 3-0," Richardson said on 3AW on Sunday.
"There's been no improvement. In fact, there's inconsistency in their game in the first three rounds and there's no improvement.
"If they don't win on Friday against Collingwood it's going to be a very, very tough job to get back from there and play in September."
His comments came the day after Richmond, touted as a potential top-four team, trailed a youthful Bulldogs side by 37 points at half-time before going down by two points.
But while Richardson was scathing about the team's progress this season, he pinpointed Jack Riewoldt as a potential match winner against the Pies after the mercurial spearhead returned to form with four second-half goals against the Dogs.
"It may have been a turning point for Jack," he said. "The first two weeks for Jack were a little bit up and down, but the second half was a positive for him and maybe that's a sign of things to come over the next few weeks. They're certainly going to need him against Collingwood."
Richmond sorely missed the influence of Brett Deledio (ankle) against the Dogs, with ruckman Shaun Hampson (knee) also unable to take his place. Football manager Dan Richardson said it was too early to tell whether either player would be fit to take on the Pies.
"It's a bit early to know, but we were always hopeful that they'd only miss a week. Hopefully that's still the case, but we'll obviously make sure they're both absolutely right to come back."
Emerging star Nick Vlastuin is also under a cloud after being concussedon Saturday.
"It sounds like it's a mild concussion, but we'll just have to assess him during the week," Richardson said.
"That will be the doc's call, but from all accounts he's pulled up OK."
Richmond's indifferent start to the season may have put the club under the spotlight, but Richardson said the mood remained upbeat at Punt Road.
"We're confident that our best footy is competitive against anyone," he said.
"We've just got to make sure that we're able to do that for longer and more consistently. We're still confident that our best footy is up to the standard of most teams.
"We're looking forward to a big clash. It will be a good test for both clubs, both of which probably haven't got their seasons off to ideal starts, but there's a long way to go."
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/tigers-finals-already-in-the-balance-says-matthew-richardson-20140406-zqrix.html#ixzz2y7lSPtNY
Been saying these comments for years now, everyone was deluded into thinking we improved each week...well folks, click your heels together 3 times and welcome back to the real RFC word..
Need I say NO EXCUSES, if we were half as good as we say we are, there is none!!!
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Very fair comments from Matthew Richardson but Im sure the pretenders at Punt Road will disregard them and stick fat with the losers they are loyal too in the team and club. Wankers!
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We are Adelaide 2013, won heaps of games in 2012 but missed finals last year.
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
This is simply untrue. It has been done
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
This is simply untrue. It has been done
firstly Gaza is a fool. Turned that station into the msot boring thing on radio.
Bring back watson any day
Secondly, no one has made since the introduction of the 18 side comp.
think the season over commentary will come in the next month.
Pies, lions away, hawks and cats.
then my friends i can safely say its over.
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
This is simply untrue. It has been done
firstly Gaza is a fool. Turned that station into the msot boring thing on radio.
Bring back watson any day
Secondly, no one has made since the introduction of the 18 side comp.
think the season over commentary will come in the next month.
Pies, lions away, hawks and cats.
then my friends i can safely say its over.
It's been 2 whole years since the introduction of an 18 team comp
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
Hawks made it from 1-6 :lol
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:lol sen wankers
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Even in the paper today it says no team has made it from 1-3 it's rubbish and they haven't gone their research
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We're the most dishonest side in the AFL at present.
I was actually angry watching our 3rd qtr intensity on Saturday. Where the f*** was that intensity in the first half ? We are playing with intensity in fits and spurts. That's just dishonest football and every team ( bar Melbourne ) will beat us playing this way.
Have a look at an honest team like Geelong. They bring it all game , every game regardless of the score or the opposition.
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We're the most dishonest side in the AFL at present.
I was actually angry watching our 3rd qtr intensity on Saturday. Where the f*** was that intensity in the first half ? We are playing with intensity in fits and spurts. That's just dishonest football and every team ( bar Melbourne ) will beat us playing this way.
Have a look at an honest team like Geelong. They bring it all game , every game regardless of the score or the opposition.
Very true.
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Wallace actually said something that was spot on this morning that follows on from you're saying Dice.
He reckons we still play on emotion rather than being a process driven side like Hawks or Geelong. Regardless of whether Geelong are 6 goals down, 6 goals up or involved in a cliff hanger with 5 mins to go they will always play the same way and do the same things. Whereas we stop playing like we normally play based on scoreboard and opposition intensity levels. He has no doubt we went into the bulldogs game thinking we were good enough to win it and played accordingly, the spray at 1/2 time and the response proves again that our performances are based on emotion and arent consistent.
Thats a long winded way of saying what you did - dishonest football
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Wallace actually said something that was spot on this morning that follows on from you're saying Dice.
He reckons we still play on emotion rather than being a process driven side like Hawks or Geelong. Regardless of whether Geelong are 6 goals down, 6 goals up or involved in a cliff hanger with 5 mins to go they will always play the same way and do the same things. Whereas we stop playing like we normally play based on scoreboard and opposition intensity levels. He has no doubt we went into the bulldogs game thinking we were good enough to win it and played accordingly, the spray at 1/2 time and the response proves again that our performances are based on emotion and arent consistent.
Thats a long winded way of saying what you did - dishonest football
I don't think we will ever get rid of our loser culture. Not after 35 years of losing it's just not possible
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
Our start to 1980 was pretty pee poor IIRC.
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
Our start to 1980 was pretty pee poor IIRC.
Started with a win, a loss and a draw, then 11 straight wins so wasn't too bad. Would have been nice to do that this season! :'(
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I noticed via the heraldsun they meant - since the competition went to an 18 team comp
wow a whole 2 years ::)
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
Our start to 1980 was pretty pee poor IIRC.
Started with a win, a loss and a draw, then 11 straight wins so wasn't too bad. Would have been nice to do that this season! :'(
Win, loss and nearly a draw so far... ;D
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We're the most dishonest side in the AFL at present.
I was actually angry watching our 3rd qtr intensity on Saturday. Where the f*** was that intensity in the first half ? We are playing with intensity in fits and spurts. That's just dishonest football and every team ( bar Melbourne ) will beat us playing this way.
Have a look at an honest team like Geelong. They bring it all game , every game regardless of the score or the opposition.
X 3
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I noticed via the heraldsun they meant - since the competition went to an 18 team comp
wow a whole 2 years ::)
:lol Yep, the good old Hun - a gift of insightful media that just keeps giving!
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
Our start to 1980 was pretty pee poor IIRC.
Started with a win, a loss and a draw, then 11 straight wins so wasn't too bad. Would have been nice to do that this season! :'(
Win, loss and nearly a draw so far... ;D
Lol Wayne. I noticed that after I posted and thought the same thing - we are actually almost in the exact same spot. Let's see how our ride to 11 straight wins starting on Friday goes. ;D
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We're the most dishonest side in the AFL at present.
I was actually angry watching our 3rd qtr intensity on Saturday. Where the f*** was that intensity in the first half ? We are playing with intensity in fits and spurts. That's just dishonest football and every team ( bar Melbourne ) will beat us playing this way.
Have a look at an honest team like Geelong. They bring it all game , every game regardless of the score or the opposition.
Some cheats in our lot that's for sure.
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I heard on sen this morning that no team has ever made the 8 after being 1-3. If that's true it's likely season over this week unless we beat those pricks
That's horsecrap. North won a flag after starting 0-4 in 1975 - that's just one occasion I can recall off the top of my head.
Was only top 5 in 1975, not top 8.
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Which makes it an even more outlandish statement! :o
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:lol sen wankers
:lol :lol :clapping